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Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
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quantum computing
by
donlogan
on 06/09/2020, 03:34:43 UTC
I did a search and it looks like the last time a QC topic was active was more than 3 years ago. That struck me as surprising because I though that QC could pose a threat to the security of BTC keys.

Google has been making exponential progress in the power of their QC machines. I believe I read an article saying that it is possible that within five years QC might be able to crack 128 bit encryption (the stuff bank websites  use). I'm not that well versed in the technology of QC. It's just been something I've kept up with in relation to its possible effect on BTC.

Is the consensus here that QC will not be able to crack private keys?